Huawei's blacklisting by the US could well turn into the defining event of our time, signaling the beginning of a technology cold war and taking the fourth industrial revolution on a completely new trajectory. Africa - and South Africa - will have a choice to make and, given that much of our telecommunications development has been Huawei-led, it's not going to be an easy one.
It's thrilling and nail-biting stuff watching the unfolding of what some predict will prove to be the defining event of our time - the onset of a technology cold war between the world's two superpowers, the US and China.
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